Sherman Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“Sherman Building is a historic commercial building located at Sullivan, Indiana. It was built between 1926 and 1915, and is a three-story, rectangular, brick building with terra cotta trim.”
Wikipedia article Sherman Building (Sullivan, Indiana), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Sullivan County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 2--4 S. Court St., Sullivan, 47882
When was it listed? September 1986
Category. building
Township. Hamilton township
National Register reference number. 86002712 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Storms near this property

54 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sullivan, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 32 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 10 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2008	Flash Flood	Sullivan	$30,000	Numerous cars were helped out of high water on various low spots on the roadways due to heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding.
April 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Sullivan	$20,500	An EF0 tornado briefly occurred near 621 E. Silver Street in Sullivan, Indiana. Damage was done to a home at this location. There was damage to a roof, one bathroom window was blown out, and a trampoline was blown over. Roof debris was spread out over the owner's lawn, with some shingles blown into a nearby tree and one large piece of ply wood from the roof was blown over the neighbor's house, up into a tree approximately 40 feet high.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$20,000	Several large tree limbs and trees snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts across the area with a concentrated area within the town of Sullivan. Numerous power outages reported as well.
April 2011	Flash Flood	Sullivan	$20,000	Numerous roads were reported to be flooded due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Some cars were also reported to be stranded.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Sullivan	$15,000	Several roads with deep standing water or water flowing through town. A car was stalled on one of the roads.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$15,000	There were numerous reports of several trees downed and power out across the city due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$15,000	A barn was destroyed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2008	Flash Flood	Sullivan	$15,000	Heavy rain caused numerous county roads in central Sullivan County to be flooded. Streets in the town of Sullivan were flooded in addition to cars being stranded in the flood waters.
March 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$10,000	Numerous tree limbs of unknown size downed by thunderstorm wind gusts across town.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$10,000	Semi blown over along U.S. 41
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$8,000	The Sullivan Daily Times reported numerous trees and power lines down in the area due to thunderstorm wind gust. The Sullivan City Fire Department responded to a power line on fire near West Washington Street and County Road 200W.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$5,000	Spotter reported several large tree limbs snapped near his location due to thunderstorm wind gusts with live power lines on the road.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$5,000	Spotter reported 3 utility poles snapped at the ground and held up by the wires. Relayed via amateur radio and time estimated from radar.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$5,000	Trees were downed in City Park due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This report was relayed via social media.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Sullivan	$5,000	Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused renewed flash flooding.
February 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$4,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several large tree limbs across town.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$2,000	A tree was downed in Sullivan and another one was downed five miles south of Sullivan due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$2,000	Power lines were down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$2,000	A trained spotter reported tree limbs, power lines, and signs down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$2,000	Fallen tree limbs caused power outages in Sullivan.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	$1,500	A tree and some limbs were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
December 2013	Flash Flood	Sullivan	$1,000	Severe flooding was reported on secondary roads in low lying areas across the county.
April 2011	Flash Flood	Sullivan	$1,000	Several areas along State Highway 54 had water flowing over it due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
May 2025	Hail	Sullivan	-	Numerous other hail reports ranging in size from 1-2 inches.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph or more was estimated in this location.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated on Washington Street in Sullivan.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	Damaging thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	Thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall in Sullivan County.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	Damaging thunderstorm winds caused a few trees to fall in Sullivan.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	Large tree limbs broken throughout town.
January 2005	Flash Flood	Sullivan	-	A levee failed along the Wabash River.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	Trees were downed.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	Trees were downed.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	Trees were knocked down.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Sullivan	-	High water was reported over several roads in Sullivan.
March 2025	Hail	Sullivan	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Sullivan	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Sullivan	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Sullivan	-	no account filed
February 2006	Hail	Sullivan	-	no account filed
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Sullivan	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Sullivan	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Sullivan	-	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Sullivan	-	no account filed
July 2001	Flash Flood	Sullivan	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Sullivan	-	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	no account filed
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	no account filed
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Sullivan	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Sullivan County Courthouse	under 500 feet	2008
Sullivan Courthouse Square Historic District	under 500 feet	2018
Center Ridge Cemetery	0.7 miles	2018
Sullivan County Poor Home	1.4 miles	2000
Shelburn Interurban Depot-THI&E Interurban Depot	5.8 miles	2015

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86002712 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sullivan County	All 9 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.